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041 - Discipline in The Church
041 - Discipline in The Church
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Ask the Lord to use this study to perfect holiness in your life and in N OTES
your congregation.
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To be holy means remain separated from all sin, and to give ourselves
totally to loving and serving God. To live holy lives, we discipline
ourselves in several ways.
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• Help your church to apply all these aspects of discipline. Christ’s disciple seeks to
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disciples follow Jesus in the
hope of receiving material
gain (John 6:11-15) or a
privileged position.
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With this same faith, we, too, leave aside the activities and material
things, which prevent our obedience to the Lord.
When a believer repents, he must return any stolen goods, pay
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outstanding debts, and correct what he has said, whenever this is
possible and convenient. (Luke 19:8) According to the case, do this
Do you want to live by faith in God, and not for the material and
in private or in public. After this repentance, the congregation again
temporal things of this world?
considers him a member.
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“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, 2.
goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such
things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have
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live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.”
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Jesus commanded: We discipline those who fall, to restore them (Galatians 6:1) and to
041-051 purify the church. (1 Corinthians 5:1-5)
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you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you
use, it will be measured to you. Why do you look at the speck of We do not discipline to punish. It is the Lord who punishes, not us.
sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank (Hebrews 10:30-31, Hebrews 12:5-11)
in your own eye?” 041-187 W_P01_24r_INW^^_02
(Matthew 7:1-3)
The church is a holy body.
041-052 041-053 Nevertheless, there may be
gossip, criticism, lies,
disagreements and immorality. If
How does the Holy Spirit sanctify us? He helps us to act the way these errors are not corrected
Jesus did, “continuing to work out your salvation with fear and soon, everyone is affected.
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trembling.”
(Philippians 2:12)
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(Matthew 18:15-18)
We need to discipline ourselves daily, 041-190
praying and meditating on the Bible, to First: 041-191
be able to obey Christ. That is how the “If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just
Holy Spirit gives us power to do this. between the two of you. If he listens to you, then you have won
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We examine ourselves
before sharing in the Lord’s
Supper. If we take part
“When anyone is joined to Christ,
without preparation, the he is a new being; the old is gone,
Lord will punish us. Praying
in silence, we confess our the new has come.”
sins to our Heavenly Father. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
(1 Corinthians 11:27-32)
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____________ Forget oneself? Take up our cross every day? We can only do that
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suffer for his Lord, and die for his faith if need be.
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(Acts 20:7) This is not a command, but a church that neglects the
Lord’s Supper misses many blessings. God gives us the strength to do it: “...for it is God who works in
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(Philippians 2:13)
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clean table. The bread and wine can be covered with a clean cloth.
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Jesus got up very early to pray. When he prayed, great things “Make good use of every opportunity you get, because these are
happened. bad days. Don’t be fools, then, but try to find out what the Lord
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W_015_09a_ZZW01_01 (Ephesians 5:15-17)
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Are the children taken care of, during the services, so that they can
take part in an orderly way, or receive appropriate instruction for
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Do you pray daily, including with your family? ________________
F No.
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IMPORTANT WAYS TO SANCTIFICATION Disorderly children can ruin worship. They distract everyone, if they
041-066 run, shout, or walk around in front. Let members take turns to look
As you meditate daily on God’s Word, deliberately decide to obey after them if this is a problem.
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Are the worship hymns chosen carefully, before starting the service? The Lord has a command
that a man should have only
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her. Christians seek peace
F No. and joy in their homes.
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Colossians 3:18, 19,
1 Timothy 3:4, 5, Titus 2:4, 5)
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He doesn’t
love me. I
don’t know
what’s wrong Do you seek the Lord’s anointing on the service, beforehand, in prayer?
with him. He
won’t even
make love to ____________
me any more.
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Wall of Misunderstanding How much time do you put into preparing the sermon? 041-155
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Jesus Christ rules the Christian home. He is its head. If the husband F I prepare it quickly, beforehand. 041-157
loves and obeys Christ, the rest of the family follows his lead. The F I spend several hours in prayer, meditation, and preparation,
Spirit of God helps us to maintain peace and joy in the home. several days beforehand.
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The wise couple works out a family budget. A budget is a calculation ____________
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Stewardship in the Church
Some families break up because they spend money on unnecessary 041-136
things, without the husband consulting the wife, or the wife talking first Christian stewardship is another aspect of discipline. A steward
with her husband. Debts destroy peace. administers another person’s goods. All we have belongs to God
041-095 (our time, talents and money). All church members support the work
with their offerings and tithes.
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about this and plan a budget.
041-096 Do you need to organize this better, in your church?
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• To take part in services, including the Lord’s Supper. With a budget, incomes and expenses are calculated. Jesus says:
(Matthew 26:26-28, Hebrews 10:25) “If one of you is planning to build a tower, he sits down first and
041-124 figures how much it will cost, to see if he has enough money to
• To serve the Lord in some ministry. finish the job...” (Luke 14:28)
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• To have family prayers, read the Bible and pray daily with THE DISCIPLINE OF THE
the family. (Proverbs 22:6)
BODY OF CHRIST
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• To welcome new believers, teaching them to be Christ’s
A disciplined church knows who its members are. There is confusion
obedient disciples. (Matthew 28:19-20)
when someone belongs to two churches at the same time, or a church
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does not know who its baptized members are.
• To pray for other believers, friends and enemies.
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(Ephesians 6:18, Luke 6:28)
041-128 The obedient church is clear about its membership. It
baptizes new believers and takes off the list those who
• To work towards establishing the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus are not active members, or have joined another church.
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Christ, peace, order and justice, in the community and in the
country. (Matthew 5:13-16)
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• Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for the forgiveness of 4. date of their transfer (if from another church),
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(John 3:16, John 14:6, 1 John 1:7-9) 5. other useful details.
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